Black Bear’s romantic comedy Wicker is the widest recent release in UK and Ireland cinemas this weekend as A24’s Primetime also launches. Openin
Black Bear’s romantic comedy Wicker is the widest recent release in UK and Ireland cinemas this weekend as A24’s Primetime also launches.
Opening in 676 locations, Wicker is Black Bear’s widest ever release – breaking the record set just one week before with Wildwood, which opened in 655 sites.
Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgard star in the Sundance premiere which centres on a solitary Fisherwoman who asks a Basket Weaver to make her a husband.
UK native Colman will be the biggest draw here, with her recent films The Roses, Paddington In Peru, Wonka and Wicked Little Letters having all grossed at least £10m in the territory.
Alex Hutson Fischer and Eleanor Wilson direct Wicker which also stars Peter Dinklage, Elizabeth Debicki and Richard E. Grant.
Up next is Lance Oppenheim’s Primetime which is launching in 560 sites for A24. The film grossed over £245,000 from previews in 405 cinemas on Wednesday (October 28) while it has made nearly $50m globally.
Robert Pattinson stars as the To Catch A Predator host Chris Hansen who sets out to make television history, no matter the cost. It had its world premiere in competition at the Venice Film festival and recently picked up three nominations at the Gotham Awards including best feature.
Boosters, boxing and babies
Several re-releases are taking advantage of the Halloween weekend, starting with Guillermo del Toro’s 2006 fantasy Pan’s Labyrinth in 384 venues for Studiocanal. Arrow Films has Donnie Darko in 202 venues while BFI Distribution is screening a 4K restoration of Ken Russell’s The Devils in 73 venues.
Disney opens the Venice-premiering documentary Everest: The Other Side in 200 locations, including Imax screens. The film follows two mountaineers who attempt to climb and ski down Everest’s north face. It is directed by Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi who also directed fellow thrill-seeking documentary Free Solo (£2m gross).
In event titles, Trafalgar Releasing has screenings of Manon – RBO, London 2026 as well as concert films Ozzy & Black Sabbath: Back To The Beginning and BTS World Tour ‘Arirang’ in Sao Paulo.
UK comedy Bad Day At The Office launches in 155 sites via Action Xtreme. John Hannah stars as a man who wakes up in a hotel room with a corpse and amnesia and must try to piece together the mystery. Chee Keong Cheung directs.
Boots Riley’s I Love Boosters lands in 142 venues for Universal. The comedy premiered at SXSW festival and opened in the US in May with $3.8m. Featuring an ensemble cast led by Naomi Ackie and Keke Palmer, the film follows a group of female shoplifters who take aim at a fashion mogul.
Ashley Walters’ feature directing debut Animol is out in 116 locations for Sky Cinema, via Studiocanal. Set in a juvenile detention centre, the story centres on youthful male inmates as they navigate friendship, identity and the path to redemption. Screen Stars of Tomorrow Tut Nyuot and Sekou Diaby are among the cast which also features Stephen Graham.
Documentary Peter Asher: Everywhere Man opens in 36 cinemas via Munro Film Services. Directed by Daniel Geller and Dayna Goldfine, the film centres on the musician, producer and manager who helped foster the careers of James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt and Paul McCartney.
UK boxing biopic In The Shadows opens in 32 locations for Metis Film. Anthony Wonke’s film tells the real story of refugee Ramla Ali, who secretly pursued boxing against her parents’ wishes and went on to become the first British-Somali champion. Jasmine Jobson and Finn Cole star. The film was originally meant to be released by True Brit Entertainment before the distributor entered administration last month.
Romantic thriller City Of Masks launches in five venues for BUFF Studios. Andrea M. Catinella’s film follows a youthful actor who forms a bond with a ghost haunting a West End theatre.
Picturehouse Entertainment opens Hannah Bergholm’s horror Nightborn. The Berlinale premiere follows two recent parents whose newborn begins to cause a rift in their relationship. Rupert Grint and Seidi Haarla star in the feature which won best film at Fantasia film festival earlier this year.
Further releases include Cannes premiere Gentle Monster via Netflix; Just Stop Oil documentary We, The Hated via Firebreak Films; and animation Arnie & Barney via Kaleidoscope.
